A wide-awake Donald Trump blamed “unpatriotic Republicans” and Democrats for interfering in his never-ending war on Iran, in an early-morning social media rant.
Trump launched the war 13 weeks ago, and little progress seems to have been made in talks to end it after a ceasefire came into effect in early April.
The negotiations center around control of the Strait of Hormuz, the key shipping passage from the Gulf blocked by Iran at the start of the conflict—sending global oil prices soaring. Trump also remains obsessed with the obliteration of Iran’s nuclear capabilities.
The president, who turns 80 on June 14, was still posting at 1:02 a.m. on Monday, seemingly furious that “chirping” political critics in the U.S. were impacting his wartime negotiations.
“Iran really wants to make a deal, and it will be a good one for the U.S.A. and those that are with us,” Trump claimed in hisovernight post.
“But don’t the Dumocrats, and various seemingly unpatriotic Republicans, understand that it is MUCH tougher for me to properly do my job and negotiate, when political hacks keep negatively `chirping,’ at levels never seen before, over and over again, that I should move faster, or move slower, or go to war, or not go to war, or whatever.”
Trump then added, “Just sit back and relax, it will all work out well in the end-It always does!”
The president is under increasing pressure to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and stabilize the oil market ahead of the November midterm elections, with voters frustrated over the rising cost of living.
Trump’s latest Truth Social comments also come as air strikes between the U.S. and Iran resumed over the weekend, with each side claiming to have attacked military targets near the critical strait.
The U.S. Central Commandrevealedthat “self-defense strikes” on Iranian radar and control sites for drones had been conducted, while Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said it had targeted an airbase used by the U.S. in response to the attack on southern Iran, without identifying which base.
Source: Drudge Report
